Resonant recoveries : French music and trauma between the world wars / by Rogers, Jillian C.

Table of Contents: “…"La Plus Grande Consolatrice" : Music as a Corporeal Technology of Consolation in Interwar France -- Music Making as Emotional Care: Negotiating Trauma, Expressional Norms, and Politics in Wartime France -- Embodying Sonic Resonance As/After Trauma : Vibration, Music, and Medicine -- Soothing Movements : The Consolatory Potential of Musique Dépouillé's Rhythm and Repetition -- In Search of a Consolatory Past : Grief and Embodied Musical Memory -- Rire as Release and Rapport : Pleasure and Laughter in French Interwar Musical Theater -- Conclusion. Touched by Music Making : Intimacy and Love in the Wake of Trauma.…”
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Classical music in a changing world : crisis and vital signs /

Table of Contents: “…Foreword / Alberto Nones -- The state of classical music : a Turkish detour / Özgecan Karadağlı -- Local music and the classical music of others : misconceptions and possibilities in Colombian musical education / Francisco Castillo -- Waxing and waning : musical depictions of cyclicity and fluidity in Moonlight / Hamish Robb -- Contemporary music theater and the experience of marginalization / Federica Marsico -- Relevance and meaning : classical music in the present / Natalie Tsaldarakis -- A call for context : historical explanations for our disappearing classical music culture / Amy Damron Kyle -- "The hard problem" : classical music and the history of consciousness / Lawrence Kramer.…”
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The cultural front : the laboring of American culture in the Twentieth Century / by Denning, Michael

Table of Contents: “…. -- "The literary class war" : rethinking proletarian literature -- "The tenement thinking" : ghetto pastorals -- Grapes of wrath : "the art and science of migratin'" -- Labor on revue : the popular front musical theater -- Cabaret blues -- The politics of magic : Orson Welles's allegories of anti-fascism -- "Who's afraid of big bad Walt?" …”

Stephen Sondheim: extended interview /

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A history of western music / by Burkholder, J. Peter

Table of Contents: “…Revolution and change -- The Romantic generation : song and piano music -- Romanticism in classic forms : orchestral, chamber, and choral music -- Romantic opera and musical theater to midcentury -- Opera and musical theater in the later nineteenth century -- Late Romanticism in Germany and Austria -- Diverging traditions in the later nineteenth century -- The twentieth century and after. …”

Literature, film, and their hideous progeny : adaptation and elasTEXTity / by Grossman, Julie, 1962-

Table of Contents: “…Imitations of life and art -- The quiet presence of "The yellow wallpaper" in Todd Haynes's Safe -- Musical theater and independent film -- Immersive theater and the monstrous avant-garde. …”

Next level basic : the definitive basic bitch handbook / by Schroeder, Stassi

Table of Contents: “…Find your voice ; Why musical theater is cool AF ; The cult of Stassi ; Obsessed -- Section II: Committed AF. …”

And the beat goes on : an introduction to popular music in America 1840 to today / by Campbell, Michael, 1945-

Table of Contents: “…Crooning versus jazz singing ; The craft of songwriting ; Popular song after World War II ; Conclusion -- American musical theater, 1920-1960. Show boat and a new type of musical theater ; Oklahoma! …”

Beyond boundaries : rethinking music circulation in early modern England /

Table of Contents: “…"Lasting-Pasted Monuments": Memory, Music, Theater, and the Seventeenth-Century English Broadside Ballad; 8. …”
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Falling up : the days and nights of Carlisle Floyd : the authorized biography / by Holliday, Thomas

Table of Contents: “…""16 Synthesizing Opera and Music Theater""""17 Falling Down""; ""18 Standing Up""; ""19 Looking Back, Moving On Back""; ""20 Unmatched Experience""; ""21 Late Fruits""; ""22 Twilight in Tallahassee""; ""Mysteries of South Carolina""; ""Notes""; ""Selected Bibliography""; ""Index""…”
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Musicians & composers of the 20th century /

Stagecraft : Stanislavsky and external acting techniques : a companion to using the Stanislavsky system / by Blumenfeld, Robert

Table of Contents: “…Posture ; Positioning -- Rehearsal and Performance Techniques -- Performing Comedy -- Acting in Musical Theater and Opera -- Finishing Touches. Outward Appearances, Costume, and Makeup -- Ancient Greece and Rome -- The Medieval Period -- The Renaissance. …”

Njinga, the queen king: the return of a warrior / by Oliveros, Pauline, 1932-

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Inside the music business : music in contemporary life / by Fink, Michael, 1939-

Table of Contents: “…The Retail Music Store -- Part IV: Music in Theatrical and Concert Traditions -- 11. American Musical Theater: History and Musical Trends -- 12. Musical Shows: Creation, Production, Business -- 13. …”
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Acting for singers : creating believable singing characters / by Ostwald, David, 1943-

Table of Contents: “…Neither right nor wrong : making believable character choices -- Your character's universe : analyzing the dramatic structure of music-theater pieces -- Your character's world : fashioning a theme statement -- Your character's heart's desire : fashioning super-objectives -- Motivating your character's actions : fashioning objectives and acting beats -- Your character's inner voice : fashioning subtext and an internal dialogue -- Preparing for performances. …”

Black music in the Harlem Renaissance : a collection of essays /

Table of Contents: “…Ryder -- William Grant Still, Florence Price, and William Dawson : echoes of the Harlem Renaissance / Rae Linda Brown -- Black musical theater and the Harlem Renaissance movement / John Graziano -- The renaissance education of Duke Ellington / Mark Tucker -- Interactions between writers and music during the Harlem Renaissance / Richard A. …”

Falling up : the days and nights of Carlisle Floyd : the authorized biography / by Holliday, Thomas

Table of Contents: “…16 Synthesizing Opera and Music Theater17 Falling Down -- 18 Standing Up -- 19 Looking Back, Moving On Back -- 20 Unmatched Experience -- 21 Late Fruits -- 22 Twilight in Tallahassee -- Mysteries of South Carolina -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index…”
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The Choruses in Mozart's Opere Serie and the Genre and Historical Role of the Opera Chorus. by Shrader, James A.

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Music in Black American life, 1600-1945 : a University of Illinois Press anthology / by Graham, Sandra J., Badger, Reid, Brown, Rae Linda, 1953-2017, Floyd, Samuel A., Jr., 1937-2016, Magee, Jeffrey, 1961-, Marovich, Robert M., Ottenheimer, Harriet, 1941-, Southern, Eileen, Thompson, Katrina Dyonne

Table of Contents: “…. -- Backstage : "White folks do as they please, and the darkies do as they can" / Katrina Dyonne Thomp -- The origin and development of the black musical theater : a preliminary report / Eileen Southern -- Innovators, imitators, and a jubilee industry / Sandra Jean Graham -- Rural black string band music / Charles Wolfe -- Nashville washboard band : something out of nothing / Stephen Wade -- The blues tradition in St. …”
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Music and the cultures of print /

Table of Contents: “…Holzer -- Orlando di Lasso, composer and print entrepreneur / James Haar -- Authors and anonyms : recovering the anonymous subject in Cinquecento vernacular objects / Martha Feldman -- Enterprise and identity : black music, theater, and print culture in turn-of-the-century Chicago / Thomas Bauman -- Bénigne de Bacilly and the Recueil des plus beaux vers, qui ont esté mis en chant of 1661 / Lisa Perella -- Cheap print and street song following the Saint Bartholomew's Massacres of 1572 / Kate van Orden -- Afterword : music in print / Roger Chartier, translated by Leslie Sprout.…”